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The One Eye Lies
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I'll be writing about current affairs, with particular reference to the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and the wider 'war on terror'. I'll also be writing about American politics, the mainstream media, and anything else that catches my eye.
Recent Posts
Imagine my [complete lack of] surprise: G20 police "used undercover men to incite crowds"
I read in The Observer today that Liberal Democrat MP, Tom Brake, who was involved in the G20 protests in London last month, claims to have seen what he believed to be two plain-clothes police officers go through a police cordon after presenting thei...
Cheney wants to tell us everything about his role in approving torture...so let's give him enough rope to hang himself!
In the 1992 film 'A Few Good Men' there is a scene where Lt. Daniel Kaffee (played by Tom Cruise) tells his legal team that the key to winning the trial is to get Col. Nathan R. Jessep (played by a snarling Jack Nicholson) to admit that he gave the o...
Surprise, surprise...'Easter terror plot' suspects released without charge
The Easter terror plot (you know, the one Gordon Brown said was "a very big terrorist plot") has disappeared like the mountain of foil-wrapped chocolate eggs that briefly passed through our clutches a couple of weeks ago. The Times has now reported t...
Is the Iraq war old news? Michael Portillo seems to think so
Armando Iannucci's new film 'In the Loop' was discussed on Newsnight Review last night. Guests included: Private Eye editor, Ian Hislop, former Tory politician turned broadcaster, Michael Portillo, and journalist and actress Clemency Burton-Hill.Duri...
UK Terror Raids: The art of getting a story from A to B
Maybe I'm too cynical, but the big story surrounding the latest UK terror raids smells funny. Two days ago, the story was all about a very public blunder by Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick, Britain's most senior counterterrorism officer, when he sau...
I'm tired as hell right now, but the 4am Project was well worth it
As the countdown clock for the 4am Project approached zero hour (4am, Saturday April 4th, 2009) I started to get ridiculously nervous. I don't really know why? It wasn't as if a panel of professionals were going to be assessing my pre-dawn photograph...

